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Francis Bouygues (1922 - 1993)
Founder (in 1952) and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Bouygues until 1989
Founder (in 1990) and Chairman & CEO of Ciby 2000 until 1993 |
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| 1952 : Creation of Entreprise Francis Bouygues, specialising in industrial works and building in the Paris region. Its activity soon expanded to include property development and precasting. By acquiring regional building firms, Bouygues established a network that gradually covered the whole of France. |
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| 1963 : Francis Bouygues created the Compagnons du Minorange, a company guild, to encourage pride in good workmanship by distinguishing an elite among site workers. Forty years later, the guild is continuing to expand and to promote its professional and ethical values. |
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| 1970 : Bouygues floated on the Paris stock market. |
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| 1972 : Creation of the Bouygues logo. Construction of the Parc des Princes, which took Bouygues into the elite group of major contractors capable of designing and building complex projects. The company won its first international contracts, notably the Olympic Stadium at Teheran in Iran. In France, Bouygues completed the Fiat tower, the highest in La Défense at the time, and the Palais des Congrès in Paris. |
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| 1974: Creation of Bouygues Offshore, an oil, gas and marine works contractor. |
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| 1978 : Launch of a catalogue housebuilding business called Maison Bouygues. |
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| 1980 : Bouygues strengthened its position in its core business and gradually diversified into the utilities and media sectors. |
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| 1982 : Francis Bouygues was named Manager of the Year by Le Nouvel Economiste. |
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| 1984: Bouygues acquired Saur, a water supply company and ETDE, an electrical contractor. |
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| 1986: With the acquisition of Screg, a road building group that also includes Colas and Sacer, Bouygues became the world's biggest construction company. Bouygues part of a Franco-British consortium is selected for the Channel Tunnel project. |
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| 1987: On the privatisation of TF1, Bouygues was chosen as operator of France's premier TV channel. |
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1988: The Group moved into Challenger, its new headquarters at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in the Paris region.
A number of prestigious projects were completed during this period:
In France, they included terminal 2 at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, the Elf tower and the Grande Arche in La Défense, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Ile de Ré bridge, and the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. Abroad, they included the Bubiyan brige in Kuwait, Riyadh University in Saudi Arabia (the world's largest building project), the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and Agadir airport in Morocco, universities at Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire and several civil engineering structures in Hong Kong. |
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| 1989: Francis Bouygues resigned as chairman, Martin Bouygues was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Bouygues Group. |
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| 1990 : At 68, Francis Bouygues embarked upon a new career - feature film production - when he started Ciby 2000. |
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| 1992 : Agreements were signed with international film directors. Two films produced by Ciby 2000 were selected as official contenders at the Cannes Film Festival: "Twin Peaks" by David Lynch and "Luna Park" by Pavel Lounguine. |
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1993 : "The Piano" by Jane Campion, the eighth film produced by Francis Bouygues, won the "Palme d'Or" and the Best Actress awards at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival (followed by three Oscars in 1994).
Francis Bouygues died on July 24, 1993. |
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| The Bouygues Group continues its development under Martin Bouygues, Chairman and CEO of Bouygues. |
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